THINGS TO DO AND WHERE TO STAY IN EL PASO, TEXAS

A LITTLE ABOUT EL PASO,TX Back when Texas was still Tejas, El Paso, the second oldest settlement in the United States, was the main crossing on the Rio Grande. It still plays that role today, its 600,000 residents joining with another 1.7 million across the river in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to form the largest bi-national (and bilingual) megalopolis in North America. At first sight it's not an especially pretty place massive rail yards fill up much of downtown, the belching smelters of copper mills line the riverfront, and the northern reaches are taken up by the giant Fort Bliss military base. Its dramatic setting, however, where the Franklin Mountains meet the Chihuahuan Desert, gives it a certain bold pioneer edge, bearing more relation to old rather than new Mexico, with little of the pastel softness of the Southwest US.

The Plaza Theatre has been an important part of El Paso’s history since its opening and will continueto entertain the city for generations to come.

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What's Happening in El Paso??For any information before your visit check out the Visit El Paso webpage this page offers a variety of information from tours around the border city to ghost tours, events, art galleries and much much more! http://visitelpaso.com/White Sands National Monument:Just one hour away from El Paso, White Sands offers a beautiful opportunity for pictures with it's glistening white sands and the wonderful Organ Mountains as it's backdrop. Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dune field, along with the plants and animals that live here.